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63% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Greenfield gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $288K, 3.6 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 115th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $76K. Greenfield has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them James Whitcomb Riley House and Lilly Biological Laboratories. 20% of working residents work locally in Greenfield, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. The biggest park or preserve is Riley Memorial Park, at 51 acres.
Where Greenfield beats most towns.
James Whitcomb Riley House
Census counts: 420 in 1850, 23,488 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1847 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Greenfield is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Greenfield.
Greenfield trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thornwood Preserve | 2.1 mi | 40 |
| 2. Riley Memorial Park | 0.7 mi | 51 |
| 3. Brandywine Park | — | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Greenfield has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 42 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greenfield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Greenfield has about as many jobs (13,300) as working residents, but only 2,555 people both live and work here.
About one in 5 of Greenfield’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Greenfield has added 2,225 jobs, to 13,300 in 2023. 5.3% of Greenfield residents live below the poverty line.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greenfield's reported crime rate is well below Indiana's. Greenfield’s property crime rate is 7.4 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 7.4 per 1,000 residents | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
The typical Greenfield home is worth about $289,000, up 1.6% in a year, 12% above the Indiana typical home. 65% of households own their home in Greenfield.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,177 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Greenfield has grown 13% since 2020, to 26,544 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38.8 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 22% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.2, men 35.8.
| Greenfield | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Within Indiana it is healthier than 75% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Greenfield beats the Indiana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Greenfield | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Greenfield | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
21 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
21 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
19 mi MuseumConner Prairie
22 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Greenfield
About 5 of every 100 Greenfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
20,602 counted in 2010 and 23,488 in 2020; an estimated 26,544 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 13.2% since 2020, after 14% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
6 places in Greenfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Greenfield.
City in Indiana, United States
Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Indiana, United States. It lies in Center and Brandywine townships and is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The population was 23,488 at the 2020 census. Greenfield was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected Pittsburgh to Chicago and St. Louis.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Greenfield grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #115 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
8 notable people were born here, including James Whitcomb Riley and Mark Dismore.
